Sumy Drone Attack Kills Three of Same Family, Including 13-Year-Old
A Russian drone strike on the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine killed three members of the same family, including a 13-year-old boy and his father, and wounded two others, a regional official said on Monday.
The attack hit a home, killing a 36-year-old man, his 13-year-old son, and a 73-year-old woman who was the mother of the man's partner, according to Oleh Hryhorov, head of the regional military administration. The man's partner and 10-year-old son were wounded.
Russia has targeted civilian areas with drones and missiles since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago. According to the United Nations, over 16,000 civilians have died in the conflict.
U.S.-led peace efforts have not halted the fighting. The number of civilian casualties from Russian attacks has recently increased, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, as Moscow's forces struggle to gain battlefield momentum. In May, at least 274 civilians were killed and 1,763 injured—the highest monthly total since April 2022. Most casualties occur in cities far from the front line.
A separate Russian nighttime drone strike killed a woman and wounded three people, including an 11-year-old boy, in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, regional head Ivan Fedorov said.
Ukraine's air force reported that Russia launched 88 long-range attack drones and one ballistic missile overnight, with air defences shooting down or jamming 79 of the drones.
Ukraine, meanwhile, fired many more drones toward Russia and territories it controls, according to the Russian Defence Ministry, continuing its long-range campaign against oil facilities, military transport, and infrastructure.
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday that its forces intercepted 301 Ukrainian drones overnight over multiple Russian regions, the illegally annexed Crimea peninsula, the Azov Sea, and the Black Sea.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 84 Ukrainian drones targeting the Russian capital were shot down. He did not report any damage, but all four Moscow airports temporarily halted flights. Local authorities reported that some residential buildings were evacuated in Russia's Vladimir region, east of Moscow, and the Tula region south of the capital as a result of the attack.
